NATCHEZ, Mississippi, Aug. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release: * * * Buzzi Unicem USA failed to make sure employees wore personal flotation devices * * * Federal workplace safety inspectors have determined that one of the nation's leading cement manufacturers could have prevented a 50-year-old employee from drowning after falling from a barge into the Mississippi River in February 2023. An investigation by the U  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: Five leaders of the Gangster Disciples, a gang with a long history of lawlessness and violence, were sentenced in the Southern District of Illinois for their participation in a years-long interstate racketeering conspiracy involving drug trafficking, witness tampering, and multiple murders. The following are the defendants and their sentences: * Frank Smith, aka Little Frank, aka Red Beard, 50, of Naperv  more